Synonyms of shoots

shoots 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shoot

1

as in fires

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fires
• launches
• throws
• blasts
• hurls
• looses
• discharges
• squeezes off
• projects
• flings
• tosses
• lobs
• casts
• catapults
• slings
• blazes (at)
• hurtles
• heaves
• pelts
• snipes (at)
• pitches

2

as in blasts

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fires
• blasts
• discharges
• blazes
• snipes
• peppers
• plinks
• potshots

3

as in pops

to strike with a missile from a gun

hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pops
• guns
• drills
• kills
• drops
• slays
• destroys
• plugs
• slaughters
• pistols
• brings down
• picks off
• blazes
• shoots down
• blows away
• shotguns
• dispatches
• fires (at)
• peppers
• massacres
• butchers
• machine-guns
• blasts (at)
• annihilates
• tommy-guns
• decimates
• potshots
• snipes (at)
• wipes out
• fells
• blots out
• ices
• croaks
• does in

4

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• travels
• flies
• drives
• scurries
• speeds
• hurries
• chases
• races
• trots
• jumps
• zips
• runs
• buzzes
• blows
• scoots
• blasts
• darts
• zooms
• rips
• barrels
• scuttles
• hurls
• dashes
• jogs
• rams
• whirls
• bowls
• steps
• tears
• hustles
• rustles
• bolts
• courses
• jets
• blazes
• hastens
• whisks
• rockets
• cracks (on)
• bundles
• nips
• hies
• bustles
• hurtles
• motors
• careens
• belts
• beats it
• pelts
• humps
• bombs
• hares
• breezes
• careers
• steps on it
• gallops
• cannonballs
• makes tracks
• highballs
• flits
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• scampers
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• sprints
• beetles
• streaks
• whizzes
• scuds
• outruns
• quickens
• stampedes
• overtakes
• outpaces
• arrows
• outstrips
• scuffles
• steps out
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• pokes
• drags
• creeps
• lags
• lingers
• pokes
• hangs (around or out)
• loiters
• strolls
• saunters
• dawdles
• dallies
• shuffles
• tarries
• ambles
• decelerates
• lumbers
• plods
• slows (down or up)
• dillydallies

5

as in photographs

to take a photograph of

shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• photographs
• photos
• snaps
• films
• pictures
• retakes
• mugs
• images
• rephotographs
• videotapes

6

as in casts

to throw or give off

suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• casts
• radiates
• emits
• releases
• emanates
• expels
• exhales
• eliminates
• evolves
• sends (out)
• issues
• pours
• discharges
• irradiates
• vents
• gives out
• throws out
• erupts
• secretes
• expires
• excretes
• exudes
• oozes
• sprays
• ejects
• evacuates
• squirts
• gushes
• jets
• spurts
• spouts
• spews
• outpours

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbs
• takes up
• inhales
• sucks (up)
• soaks (up)
• sponges

7

as in shouts

to voice one's opinions freely with force

you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shouts
• yells
• cries
• calls
• speaks out
• speaks up
• hollers
• spouts (off)
• sounds off
• talks up
• pipes up
• roars
• bawls
• thunders
• speaks one's mind
• bellows
• vociferates
• sings (out)
• articulates
• bays
• enounces
• enunciates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppresses
• hushes
• shuts up
• clams up
• belts up
• quiets
• dummies up

8

as in sprinkles

to mark with small spots especially unevenly

hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sprinkles
• dots
• spots
• peppers
• stains
• dyes
• flecks
• mottles
• specks
• freckles
• marbles
• blotches
• stripes
• stipples
• dapples
• speckles
• splotches
• blots
• intersperses
• streaks
• bars
• sets
• bands
• studs
• spatters
• bespatters

9

as in sends

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sends
• ships
• transports
• transmits
• dispatches
• transfers
• packs (off)
• delivers
• consigns
• renders
• passes
• launches
• conveys
• drops
• presents
• contributes
• addresses
• gives
• returns
• donates
• forwards
• advances
• imports
• exports
• bestows
• hands over
• resends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receives
• accepts
• gets
• obtains
• draws
• acquires
• earns
• secures
• gains
• procures
• garners

shoots

2 of 2

noun

plural of shoot

1

as in limbs

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant

collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limbs
• sprouts
• growths
• twigs
• buds
• offshoots
• outgrowths
• spurs
• branchlets
• boughs
• florets
• sprays
• sprigs
• excrescences

2

as in pains

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pains
• aches
• pangs
• tingles
• stings
• stitches
• pricks
• throes
• swellings
• twinges
• smarts
• sores
• hurts
• tortures
• distresses
• inflammations
• injuries
• sufferings
• damages
• headaches
• discomforts
• harms
• torments
• anguishes
• sufferances
• gripes
• miseries
• agonies
• colics
• stomachaches
• bellyaches
• complaints
• backaches
• toothaches
• detriments
• afflictions
• charley horses
• earaches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• comforts
• eases

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shoots

Verb

To emphasize the ghoulishness, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki shoots the president and his advisors in unflattering low angles with a formaldehyde sheen. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

An hysterical soldier shoots him, Rennie is carried to Walter Reed Hospital. — Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

While crossing the lake, John suffers a similar delusion and nearly shoots himself in the head, prompted by visions of his father and his younger self. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2026

Searchlight just announced the project, which shoots in New York this fall. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

It’s called the Golden Spurs Award — given annually to the Campbell family member who shoots the turkey with the biggest spurs. — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The actress-executive producer can also be seen in a wintry look as her character, a working dancer, shoots a commercial. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026

As rehearsals move forward, Eisenberg repeats key scenes in the play and shoots them differently each time, his camera coming to represent Mona’s shifting perspective. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026

Bigelow shoots with a clear-eyed ferocity that puts many modern action directors to shame. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

Noun

Eco effort While over 80% of the reefs around the resort were bleached following the dramatic temperature rises of El Nino in 2016, the resort is throwing everything at its coral nursery and the green shoots are showing. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

However, Laguarta shared green shoots showing that the company's efforts are working. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

At a time when major film and TV shoots are leaving the state, microdramas are one of the few areas of production that are growing locally. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

On location for the night shoots, blizzards, and allergic reactions that went into making Primetime. — Sinna Nasseri, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

In fact, the show shoots in Toronto, which happens to be where Innanen attended university. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

For 2025, the Madrid municipal office disclosed that feature film shoots set a new record of 71, handily exceeding the previous high of 47 set in 2022. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

Fast-growing microgreens such as watercress and pea shoots and tendrils can be grown and harvested in a couple of weeks. — The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026

She’d be paid approximately $9,000 total for a trio of weekend shoots, and get credits that would count toward her journalism major. — Samantha Bergeson, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026